Luscious Fibers, Food and Life

Catching Up!

So my trip to Maine was great!  A little working...a little relaxing...a little knitting.  Since I'll never catch up on my posting if I describe in detail. I decided to make a picture mosaic with brief descriptions...

1. belfast harbor, 2. silly in belfast, 3. belfast yarn store, 4. inside the sock yarn store, 5. downtown camden, 6. camden brook, 7. a yarn store in camden, 8. look at all the buttons, 9. enjoying wifi in the back yard, 10. my tech savvy parents, 11. suzanne relaxing, 12. sock knitting in maine, 13. playing fetch, 14. a hidden home, 15. humming bird, 16. early morning sun, 17. morning dew, 18. morning sun on the flower, 19. murphy, 20. stashu

Pics 1 - 4: Belfast, Maine is so lovely. Lots of little shops, located right on the ocean. There is a yarn store, a green store and a number of other specialty shops. Just blocks away from Main street you'll find the cutest gingerbread houses hugging the waterfront.  Belfast is definitely a place I could enjoy spending time in.

Pics 5 - 8: Camden, Maine is another cute oceanfront town, but to me not quite a lovely.  It's a bit more touristy, so a lot more people.  However, there are two yarn stores, beautiful views, and yummy places to eat, so it's always nice to visit.

Pics 9 - 20: All of these pictures were taken at various times while hanging out at my parents.  I've grown to really like my parents new house. It's no longer on the water, but it's special to them and they've made it a lovely place to relax in.  Their backyard area is surrounded by trees, flowers and many birds. It's enjoyable to sit back there and knit (and in Maine, it's cool enough). We've also hooked them up with Wi-Fi so my brother and I can keep in touch with friends and DC, I mean work from Maine, of course.

Lastly, I took some shots of Maine neutrals...

1. murphy, 2. stashu, 3. frog candle, 4. stuffed monkeys, 5. neutral yarn, 6. buffalo yarn, 7. napkins rings, 8. more neutral yarn, 9. huge hydrangea

When I got home, I found two surprises waiting for me. My July Project Spectrum Postcard:

My partner was Lolly and she made me a beautiful postcard. I love the pressed flowers and well purple is one of my favorite colors.  I feel very lucky to have had the Project Spectrum Hostess as my partner.

The next surprise I came home to was my flip-flop swap surprise - yeah! 

1. flip-flip surprise, 2. yeah! flip-flop surprise, 3. cool footies

Joni sent me all kinds of summer fun! The flip-flops have a straw foot bed and red trim. I have lots of flip-flops but none like this so she made a great choice.  She also sent me some needles, (all sizes I don't have!) some great yarn - perfect for washcloths, a book I've been coveting, little note pads, oh!two cute toe rings that I'm think she made (I'll have to take separate pictures of those) and something that completely amazed me...she knitted me some footies!  Clearly Joni is a much faster knitter than me, as we only had a couple weeks to put this package together and had I'd tried to do the same, I'd probably gotten through my cast on.  My gifts were wonderful and I'm really enjoying everything. Thank you Joni!

weekend round-up

So this weekend was great though I wouldn't mind having one more day! First off I got home Friday and received two packages! Yeah!! The first was from my secret pal...check out how fabulous she is and the other package was my Socks that Rock!

The yarn is gorgeous and the colorway, peaseblossom, is a yummy purple, teal, blue and pink.  I need to actually take another picture because I left out the sock pattern, tattoo and little key chain of extra yarn (just in case). You can check out a good picture at Nathania's blog.

Saturday morning I went to the Mt. Pleasant Farmer's Market and picked up lots of goodies. I got some basil, parsley, mixed greens and a baguette. Some cucumbers, zucchini, blueberries and donut peaches (so cute.) And this time I got up there early enough to get some flowers. I made sure to pick some that were project spectrum purple. As you can see when I got home my bag was full. Oliver went straight for the bread. Do all cats love bread?

Later on in the day I met up with Jenna and Lolly at Busboys and Poets. We knit and talked for almost 5 hours!

It was much fun - great food and fantastic company. We stayed so long we had a couple courses and did some seat hopping from a table to a *very low* but comfy couch.  At one point we were all working on our socks and then Lolly and Jenna were taking turns working on Lolly's sweater (it's nice to share knitting.) I can't wait until our next get together and this time I'll be sure to leave lots of time for fun! Check out Lolly's flickr for more photos.

Sunday was a full day too...church, chatting with friends, a great nap, and the usual Sunday cookout. Which included grilled tofu and zucchini and a basil, tomato salad - YUM!

Last Day to Sign Up

Do you love to knit and enjoy tea?  Well then rush right over to the Knitters Tea Swap. Today is the last day to sign up and you won't want to miss it!!

More later on a *great* weekend and a finished knitting project!!

Getting Ready for the Knitting Olympics!

I've decided to knit at least 4 felted pot holders from Last-minute Knitted Gifts.  I bought a bunch of Manos del Uruguay Yarn (love it!) in wildflowers, dark and light sage, and deep purple. I'll get pics up soon.  I'm looking forward to getting started tomorrow night!

In other joining news, I've been Postcrossing for a number of months and *love* receiving postcards from all over the world.  I also enjoy sending them out and have recently turned a number of my DC photos into postcards, so that's been fun creating my own postcards to send.  I decided to join Lolly's Project Spectrum Postcard Swap as part of Project Spectrum.   It sounds like it will be lots of fun and a good creativity challenge, as I always gravitate toward the same colors over and over.